The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #100024   Message #2040991
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
02-May-07 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: Suggested definition: tradition
Subject: RE: Suggested definition: tradition
I happen to like 'traditional' music. That often includes renditions of old songs with electronic enhancement and driving rhythms as well as unaccompanied renditions by some old gits (with very good voices).
I also like contemporary music. Particulary when well written and about subjects I find either interesting or emotive.

What I dislike is the people who believe that the 'tradition' should be untouched and performed exactly as it was in 1652. As if they really knew. I dislike them almost as much as the introspective whinings of many of the contemporary singer songwriters who (dis)grace folk clubs because no-one else will have them!

Make of that what you will.

Cheers

Dave